Koto and shamisen music has been cultivated as chamber music in their long history, however, Yoko Reikano Kimura has been performed the concertos and operas written for koto and shamisen exploring the further potential of these instruments.
【Orchestra version】(2018)
Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra
Conductor, Mei-Ann Chen
Soloist, Yoko Reikano Kimura
Soloist, Yoko Reikano Kimura
INTERWOVEN
【Quartet version】(2021)
– Japan Premiere –
Soloist, Yoko Reikano Kimura
The string members of New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Performance History/ Koto Concerto: Genji (composed by Daron Hagen)
April 23, 2022
A Taste of Japan
Koto Concerto: Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
New Asia Chamber Music Society
Vn, Jaram Kim
Vc, Nan-Cheng Chen
April 9, 2022
2022 ACMI International Conference
Koto Concerto: Genji
(By Daron Hagen)
INTERWOVEN
Vn. Sean Wang
Vc, Anna Kim
University of Kansas
October 12, 2021
INTERWOVEN Inaugural Concert
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
*New York Premiere of 13-string koto version
INTERWOVEN
Vn, Alex Fortes
Vc, Hikaru Tamaki
New York
May 21, 2021
Cantabile Kojimachi Tenth Anniversary Concert
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
*Japan Premiere
String members of New Japan Philharmonic
Vn, Hayato Takenaka
Vc, Tetsuzo Iijima
Tokyo
July 21, 22, 2018
2018 Wintergreen Music Festival
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra
Mei-Ann Cheng, conductor
Mei-Ann Cheng
Wintergreen Music Festival
May 14, 2014
Around the World in One Night
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
The Prairie Ensemble
Kevin Kelly, conductor
March 5, 9, 2014
Freimann Quartet Series
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
Freimann Quartet
Vn, Olga Yurkova
Vc, Melita Hunsinger
Fort Wayne, IN
March 9, 2013
Pacific Crossing by
the Euclid Quartet
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
*World Premiere of 13-string koto version
Euclid Quartet
Vn, Jacob Murphy
Vc, Si-Yan Darren Li
University of Indiana, IN
February 22, 2013
Encounters:
with the music of our time
Koto Concerto:Genji
(by Daron Hagen)
Ciompi Quartet
Vn, Hsiao-mei Ku
Vc, Fred Raimi
Duke University, NC
Performance History/ other concertos and operas
May 17- 19, 2019
Opera: Murasaki’s Moon
(Composer, Michi Wiancko)
(Librettist, Deborah Brevoort)
*World Premiere
A coproduction of MetLiveArts and On Site Opera
Commissioned by MetLiveArts, On Site Opera, and American Lyric Theater
January 8, 2017
Shamisen Concerto: Polaris
(composed by Marty Regan)
*World Premiere
Commissioned by Yoko Reikano Kimura
Piano reduction premiered by
Yoko Reikano Kimura, shamisen
Taka Kigawa, piano
July 22-21, 2016
Opera: Iris
(composed by Pietro Mascagni)
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
June 27, 2015
Concertante
(composed by James Nyoraku Schlefer)
*US Premiere
Texas Festival Orchestra
Perry So, conductor
